HedCo Infant Toddler Center
As babies outgrow the cozy spaces of the Baby House (for ages 2 months to 14 months), the Wobbly Walkers classroom beckons to meet the needs of children 12 months to 24 months. This classroom is just right for children who are active movers and explorers, still needing strong relationships with their teachers but interested, above all, in their newfound mobility and other physical skills. The environment provides safe places to move and interesting things to find and explore, then move on from. Around the age of two, children move to the last Infant Toddler classroom, the Todds, where the program focuses on the big question of the separation between “you and me” that is the hallmark of two-year-olds. After the age of 2½ children are ready to move to the Ellen Sherwood Nursery School Program.
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The Hedco Infant Toddler Program of BlueSkies for Children is licensed by California Community Care Licensing, #010213219.
Most children enroll at BlueSkies as infants and stay until kindergarten. Babies and their parents need more than anything to be able to trust this environment to meet the baby’s needs. The children-to-teacher ratio is low so that babies will receive a response quickly when it is needed – whether they need food, sleep, or someone to smile back at them when they grin! As they build trusting relationships with consistent, loving caregivers, the infants learn that BlueSkies is a place where they are safe to explore and grow. The teachers’ predictable procedures let the baby feel supported in the natural process of gradual self-regulation.
